Solid wood door is a door made of natural raw wood or solid wood composite materials. Because of its superior quality, it has always been loved by consumers in home decoration, how should we distinguish whether the quality is good or bad when purchasing solid wood door? The following is a detailed introduction.
How to distinguish the quality of solid wood door
1. Smell
by smelling the smell emitted by solid wood door, the Environmental Protection of solid wood door is preliminarily judged. Solid wood door is generally environmentally friendly, while solid wood composite, molded and other types of doors need to use a lot of chemicals such as adhesives due to the filling of door core and the splicing of parts, which is less environmentally friendly. Therefore, in order to prevent commercial solid wood composite from posing as solid wood door, it can be judged by smelling.
2. Look at the weight
since solid wood door uses a whole piece of wood or the same kind of wood, the weight is heavier than that of ordinary non-solid wood door, if the weight is solid wood door, it can be concluded that the filler in the door panel is not solid wood or not enough.
3. Listen to the sound
you can use tapping to listen to the sound. The sound of good wood is mellow and textured. Consumers can knock on all parts of the wooden door by hand when purchasing. If they find that the tone is uneven or even hollow, it is definitely not solid wood door.
4. Look at the moisture content
the index of moisture content mainly affects the dimensional stability and deformation of solid wood door. If the content is too high or too low, problems such as drying shrinkage, expansion, cracking and deformation may occur in use. Generally speaking, the moisture content of solid wood door should be less than 12%. Generally, advanced solid wood door do better in the dehydration process, and the relative moisture content is about 8%, so the formed wooden door is not easy to deform and crack, and the use time will be longer. When purchasing, you can focus on the moisture content of the product.
5. Look at the appearance
view solid wood door colors, details, textures, and more. For example, whether the color of the paint is transparent, bright and soft, whether the keyhole, hinge hole and insert bolt hole are opened neatly, whether the structural joints of the door leaf and the structural joints of the door set are meticulous, etc.
Solid wood door installation precautions
i. Determine when to order solid wood door
solid wood door pay attention to the scheduled time before installation. Generally, solid wood door needs to be ordered about one month in advance. If it is in the decoration season, it will take a longer time to book. Therefore, it is necessary to plan the decoration process at the beginning and determine the scheduled time of solid wood door. Moreover, the size of the door in each family is different, and there is no fixed standard, so you need to advance the size before booking.
2. Determine when to install the door
after the size of the door is determined when the door is ordered, the owner must not move the door hole (maintain the original condition when the door is measured), so as not to change the size of the door hole and affect the future solid wood door. It should also be noted that the door must be installed before the last putty is painted on the wall, because the installation of door set and door line will have gaps with the wall, after installation, the gap can be filled at puttying, which can ensure the beauty between door set and the wall.
III. Hardware and related precautions
solid wood door booked in the store contain hardware, but the quality deviation. If the solid wood door booked directly by the manufacturer, hardware is basically not included. The hinge part should be noted that if you buy pure solid wood door or wooden door, you must buy a hinge of good quality. Because wooden door is very heavy, if the hinge quality department passes the pass, the door will slowly fall down after a long time, and three hinges must be installed at wooden door. The choice of hinge is very particular, including ordinary hinge and sub-mother hinge. If ordinary hinge is used, it needs to be cut on the door, which will destroy the appearance of solid wood door of the surface, however, choosing sub-mother hinge is more beautiful.
IV. Do a good job of acceptance
after solid wood door is installed, we must do a good job of inspection and pay the merchant after it is qualified. Check whether it is neat and beautiful by combining lines when solid wood door. Test the opening and closing effect of the door. The newly installed door is a little tight, but it is loose after a period of use. In addition, check whether there are scratches or bumps on the surface of solid wood door. If there are any, ask the installer to fix it in time.
